Deals of the Week for March 9, 2014 are live! The Sunday Chicago Tribune has THREE inserts: One SmartSource (SS), two RedPlum (RP1 and RP2). I’ve got a new giveaway this week that anyone who does laundry will love (and really, isn’t that all of you?) Enter to win a gift pack containing four bottles […]
Deals of the Week for March 2, 2014 are live!
Deals of the Week for March 2, 2014 are live! The Sunday Chicago Tribune has THREE inserts: One SmartSource (SS), one RedPlum (RP) and one Procter & Gamble (PG.) Attend a Super-Couponing workshop TONIGHT! My Super-Couponing workshop comes to Huntley, Illinois on Sunday, March 2nd. This workshop is FREE, and I’ve had many requests asking […]
Deals of the Week for February 23, 2014 are live!
Deals of the Week for February 23, 2014 are live! The Sunday Chicago Tribune has ONE insert: One SmartSource (SS). Attend a Super-Couponing workshop next week! My Super-Couponing workshop comes to Huntley, Illinois on Sunday, March 2nd. This workshop is FREE, and I’ve had many requests asking when I’m coming back to this area, so […]
Deals of the Week for February 16, 2014 are live!
Deals of the Week for February 9, 2014 are live! The Sunday Chicago Tribune has ONE insert: One RedPlum (RP). Attend a Super-Couponing workshop this week! My Super-Couponing workshop comes to Rolling Meadows, Illinois on February 19th. Details are here. New blog giveaway! This blog giveaway will appeal to anyone who hates paying too much […]
Deals of the Week for February 9, 2014 are live!
Deals of the Week for February 9, 2014 are live! The Sunday Chicago Tribune has two inserts: One RedPlum (RP) and one SmartSource (SS). Attend a Super-Couponing workshop this month! My Super-Couponing workshop comes to Rolling Meadows, Illinois on February 19th. Details are here. Have a great week of shopping and saving! Subscribe to my […]
Deals of the Week for February 2, 2014 are live!
Deals of the Week for January 26, 2014 are live! The Sunday Chicago Tribune has two inserts: One RedPlum (RP) and one SmartSource (SS). I have a great new giveaway for you guys this week: Enter to win a 10-piece set of Snapware glass food storage containers! Attend a Super-Couponing workshop this month! My Super-Couponing […]
CBS News: Arizona counterfeit coupon operation may have tie to “Extreme Couponing” show
Phoenix’s CBS 5 News has an excellent news report about the Phoenix counterfeit coupon ring and its ties to the counterfeit coupons used on the TLC show “Extreme Couponing.” The segment shows specific clips of counterfeits being used on the show, with some of them beeping at the register as invalid, then being pushed through […]
Counterfeit free-product coupons on “Extreme Couponing”
TLC’s “Extreme Couponing” returns for another season tonight. But when will the show address the enormous number of counterfeit coupons used by its shoppers throughout its previous seasons? After Season 3’s premiere of TLC’s Extreme Couponing aired earlier this year, my email box blew up with viewers asking me to look into the origins of […]
Remember the rules and ethics of couponing
Today’s Chicago Tribune has an article about the importance of ethical couponing: Scoring amazing deals on everyday products has become a craze of the post-recession era. But as with anything that smacks of “free money,” the incentive is strong to abuse the system… Some of the featured shoppers on “Extreme Couponing” have been criticized for […]
Manufacturer: We’re not providing free pizza coupons to Extreme Couponers.
Schwan’s, manufacturer of Freschetta, Tony’s and Red Baron pizzas: “We can confirm that we are not providing hundreds of free coupons to the show or its participants.” Extreme Couponing often shows shots of its participants humbly clipping coupons out of the newspaper at their kitchen tables… but most of the coupons they’re using on the […]
Extreme Couponing: Quilted Northern Edition
Incredibly, more free Quilted Northern toilet paper flew out the door during tonight’s episode of “Extreme Couponing.” Regarding coupons for free 12-packs of toilet paper, Georgia-Pacific, manufacturer of Quilted Northern, has confirmed that they “do not have any coupons of that type currently.” Counterfeit coupons for Quilted Northern have been used on the show before […]
Student featured on Extreme Couponing: “The entire show is scripted.”
Monday’s episode of “Extreme Couponing” featured a University of Louisville student, Dominique, who couponed for supplies for his fraternity’s toga party. On the episode, he and his friends were shown going door to door asking sorority houses on campus for coupons. Dominique later used his stockpile of gelatin for a bout of Jell-O wrestling at […]
Former Extreme Couponing shoppers speak out against coupon fraud
Many coupon blogs have been discussing the counterfeit coupon usage on TLC’s Extreme Couponing this week, and some of the statements decrying coupon fraud have come from the show’s own shoppers. Here are some reactions from former Extreme Couponing participants: “These people were really excited to be on the show, and there is tremendous pressure […]
TLC’s Extreme Couponing returns for a new season… with more counterfeit coupons?
Georgia-Pacific has already confirmed that this coupon is counterfeit. So why are Extreme Coupon shoppers still using it? Extreme Couponing is back again. If you’ve missed the past media coverage regarding fraud on the show, to date manufacturers have confirmed that over 230 counterfeit coupons were used on past seasons of Extreme Couponing, including free-product […]
Augusta Chronicle: ‘Extreme Couponing’ courts controversy
The Augusta Chronicle has a story today that discusses the coupon fraud and counterfeiting on TLC’s “Extreme Couponing:” The first season premiered April 6, 2011, and featured two episodes. After the first episode, many couponers like myself were up in arms. The episode showed a lady using coupons in what appeared to be a fraudulent […]
TLC’s Extreme Couponing “does not plan any changes” for new season
Today’s Chicago Tribune has an article discussing the counterfeit coupon usage on Extreme Couponing, with a statement from Matt Sharp, executive producer of the show: This minority of aggressive coupon users has been thrust into the spotlight by the TLC reality show Extreme Couponing, where a shopper may redeem hundreds of coupons on one shopping […]